7 Tips How To Decorate A Minimalist Cozy Living Room

The minimalist style is a popular look for keeping your space clutter-free and clean. But if you want to keep the cozy feel to your living room there are a few ways to go about it. You can still have a cozy minimalist cozy living room without going to the minimalist extreme.

Let’s face it, a living room with white walls, one sofa, and barely any decor isn’t the most welcoming space. After all, you still want to feel like you live there. So a few home accessories are important to enjoy your home.

Here are the best decorating tips for a minimalist cozy living room space.

Tips Decorating Minimalist Style But Cozy

1. Keep Things You Love

This might sound an obvious one, “to only keep the things you love” but most of the things are your home you probably loved at some point or another. That’s why they’re there. The key question is do you love it as much as when it first came into your home?

Edit and revise your items. Is it still useful? Functional? If any of the answers are no, it’s time to find a new space for it. Donate it, pass it on to someone you know will appreciate it. Or say goodbye to the item for good.

Put your most loved items out, front and centre as the main focal points. Other items can be safely organized and stored away out of sight.

2. Choose Designated Spaces

For a minimalist cozy interior, it’s important to get the balance right. Decide which spaces or areas are going to be used for displaying home decor. These points can be little vignettes of interest or a main focal point. Your coffee table or console table can be used as a styling point.

Not every wall or surface area has to be filled with home decor. Intentionally keep some areas empty and clear. Decorating this way allows your eye to rest and the design elements are the main focus.

3. Maximize Your Vertical Space

Make the most of the vertical space in your rooms. Especially if your room is on the small side. The more the wall space is maximized the less things are kept off the floor.

Just keep in mind the depth of the shelves as you don’t want them to take up any more room than necessary. The shelves should be in proportion to the space.

Create a gallery wall as a focal point in your living room or choose a big art piece.

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4. Using Closed & Open Storage

After decluttering, storage is the most important factor in a home. Finding the right balance between closed and open storage is completely personal and factors in your family and living style. What works best for you? You might choose to store the majority of things behind closed doors with only a few open shelves.

Where there are any open shelves use those areas to display the things you love the most. Keep it simple so there is less chance of building it up as a stacking area. For floor-to-ceiling open shelving you might want to mix it up a bit and use some baskets and lidded boxes.

5. Multi-Functional Furniture

Any kind of furniture that doubles up as a storage unit is a bonus. Sofas, benches, storage coffee tables, and built-ins are a great way to keep the clutter at bay and maintain a minimalist feel. Multi-functional furniture will help you maintain a clean and tidy space.

6. Simple Furniture Styles

Curvy and rounded furniture fits in perfectly with the cozy feel. As you’re going for a minimalist style your furniture pieces are important. You can incorporate a statement piece such as a curved sofa or a clean minimalist style seating piece.

All of your furniture doesn’t have to be curvy or rounded. But seating should be comfortable and simple and furniture items should be simple too.

7. Colour & Pattern

The great thing about creating a minimalist cozy living room is that you decide how much colour and pattern you put into the space. You can go for a neutral palette in colour and use subtle patterns as well as materials and textures to provide interest.

Or you can go for more colour and bold patterns in specific areas of your living room. There are different ways to approach this interior style. Have a look at these design styles that fit the minimalist cozy style:

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